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As a vegan I take B12 (liquid) supplement which costs a few dollars and is available anywhere. Vit D supplementation can be useful for some people but only rea
by qume 9y ago
As a vegan I take B12 (liquid) supplement which costs a few dollars and is available anywhere.
Vit D supplementation can be useful for some people but only really needs to be a relatively blunt instrument in terms of dosage.
Thiamine is important especially for people who drink alcohol, but it is widely supplemented in food.
Im interested in the subject and supportive of any effort to improve peoples health before problems occur, but in a market which is 99% bullshit, misinformation and basically outright fraud, the bar is pretty high to claim to be legit and not be associated with all the scammers. Unfortunately the publicly available information and this post about this company don't even come close.
Good luck but you will need to significantly up your game to come across as legitimate and actually useful.
This is the first time in a while ive questioned the selction of a YC company.
- vancanwin 9y agoThanks for you candidness. We definitely do realize that we need more content on our website about our process and we are looking for more feedback. It sounds like what you're looking for is more scientific research to back our claims. As a PhD myself, it's been hard to not get tangled in the technical details and learn how to convey a simply but very informative information the public. As for thiamine available in food, my PhD was studying thiamine production in plants and it's heavily regulated depending on what's available in the environment. Even then I've seen people thiamine deficiency in developed countries, which is sad really because people just don't eat properly. And this is becoming more common with Americans not meeting their RDA (see references below) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2937576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2937576/